Language education of academic staff

The paper deals with a problem of searching a suitable form of modern language learning for a specific target group. The technical core of the solution should be the usage of information and communication technologies (ICT). The problem is solved from the point of view of the Department of communication and information systems. The starting point of the paper is a characteristic of the specified target group in relation to the status and needs of its language learning. The next part of the text is focused on a proposal for an appropriate language education which is partly based on the distance learning form. As examples the author selects from his point of view the most important sub-problems of language education of the academic staff. Finally, the importance of language competencies of the academic staff is emphasized.